Peak Air Pollution: The Increasing Sustainability of Fossil Fuels

Earlier this year, Our World in Data published a Daily Data on global air pollution. Hannah Ritchie, deputy director and science outreach lead, wrote:

Global emissions of local air pollutants have probably passed their peak. The chart [below] shows estimates of global emissions of pollutants such as sulphur dioxide (which causes acid rain), nitrogen oxides, and black and organic carbon. These pollutants are harmful to human health and can also damage ecosystems.

It looks like emissions have peaked for almost all of these pollutants. Global air pollution is now falling, and we can save many lives by accelerating this decline. The exception is ammonia, which is mainly produced by agriculture. Its emissions are still rising.

Source: Community Emissions Data System (CEDS).

Hannah Ritchie notes that some countries are lagging, getting worse.…

Modernize EPA! (CEI guidebook is out)

“Kudos to CEI for its unwavering dedication to principled scholarship in its long, oft-ignored fight against junk science and creeping Statism in energy and environmental issues. Their time has finally come to be on offense–and at the pinnacle of political power that they want to diminish.”

A reform movement has begun to revamp the politicized, off-track U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a scholarly think/do tank, has just released Modernizing the EPA: A Blueprint for Congress (website here) to raise the debate for intellectuals, the public, and lawmakers.

CEI’s blueprint just begins a long-term project on EPA reform. Why? As the press release explains:

The EPA arguably has the largest regulatory effect on the lives of everyday Americans compared to other federal agencies. According to the Office of Management and Budget, more than half of all federal regulatory costs can be attributed to the EPA.

DeSmog’s Climate Chart Needs You!

“Politicians, donors, think tanks, and media outlets in the UK and U.S. are working increasingly closely to scupper climate policies and promote fossil fuel extraction,” reports the Progressive Left climate group DeSmog. The chart below attempts to capture the players, but far too many are missing from the U.S. side. [1]

Let DeSmog know that you want in Now! Please contact Adam Barnett, the author of the article above, or DeSmog head Brendan DeMelle, at editor@desmog.com.

[1] A live interactive map can be accessed by scrolling down here.

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Other DeSmog posts at MasterResource:

• Chris Wright: Guilty as Charged February 4, 2025
• Heartland Institute in the UK/EU: Guilty as Charged! January 31, 2025
• DeSmog “Climate Disinformation” Database: Nominate Yourself! August 1, 2024
• DeSmog on IEA-UK: Guilty as Charged!

Climate Annoying? Open the Mind Instead

‘Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past’

WSJ Energy Feature Errant, Politically Obsolete (Sheridan rebuts)

“Save NOAA Stop DOGE” Climate Protest

Climate Censorship? (CAAD pushing on a string)

Unsettled Science: The Alarmists Want More Money (nope, time’s up)

Former DOE Secretary Granholm’s Goodbye